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A distributor that was founded to form a channel in the UK for IP PBX firm LG-Ericsson, says that its targets have been smashed in their first half a year of trading. The firm, Pragma Distribution, established by three ex-Crane executives in the summer of 2012, is currently doing business with 70 resellers as it brings even more UC, data and voice kit from LG-Ericsson to the UK.

An increasing number of markets across the globe are demonstrating their love for business VoIP through active investment in the telecommunications medium and it appears that South Africa may be joining them in experiencing widespread use of the technology. VoIP has been described as a “rising star” in the South African business community by IT Web and a number of bosses are beginning to open their eyes to the benefits.

No matter what age or gender of people in the UK, every single one could make use of VoIP due to the sheer number of benefits that it provides. A guide has been published by VoIP Review and it appears that the market of the technology consists of just about everybody. For example, parents continually on the move can use VoIP in order for their children to stay in constant touch, even when stuck in the office.

The yearly ‘SIP Network Operators Conference’, hosted by the SIP Forum, will take place in only a few weeks’ time and will offer key networking and educational opportunities for technical personnel from telecom service providers. Among the main topics of agenda will be security and SIP trunking. The one-of-a-kind conference is for telecom stakeholders throughout the world, responsible for deploying ongoing operation and management of SIP services among service provider networks.

The next event for interoperability testing of SIP trunking has been announced by the SIP Forum in a bid to help the industry adopt SIPconnect’s 1.1 Technical Specifications. The SIPconnect-IT event will be held at the University of New Hamphire’s Interoperability Laboratory over five days in May. The event will provide equipment vendors , service providers, and application developers with a platform that will test and demonstrate implementations of the interoperability testing that will take place in a live network.

Companies all over Cornwall have a fantastic opportunity to reap the benefits of business VoIP, as soon they will be able to access an enhanced infrastructure that will allow the technology to be run from their workplace. BT has announced that it will deliver fibre broadband of super speeds to most of the UK; meaning there will be no more concerns regarding the remote area being left out when it comes to technology.

East Coast, the train operator, has turned to O2 Unify in order to consolidate the firm’s communication and IT infrastructure. The deal is valued at £2.6m. Part of the work will include the updating of local-area networks and wireless-access networks, which will upgrade the firm’s IPT systems to incorporate unified communications, as well as relocating 1,600 mobile phones to the O2 network.

San Diego recently played host to the Microsoft Lync Conference and among the key messages was that Lync intends to become “people-centric”. A large part of the content in sessions and keynotes focused on new and improved features, designed to unify communications. Microsoft, or Lync at least, has clearly set its sights on user adoption.

Parade College in Melbourne, Australia has improved the connectivity and traffic load capability of its campus network. IP telephony will be among the new additions in the upgraded system. The school has been forced to deal with accommodating an increased number of students as well as a rising demand for improved connectivity and a tablet-based computer environment which never switches off.

Digium has announced the winners of its Pinnacle Partner awards, which recognise the very best of its global channel partners. It chose the winners based on last year’s annual sales, as well as the companies’ commitment to providing exceptional customer service. The awards are given every year to partners of the company which have demonstrated excellence in building their relationship with Digium.